MD Query

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Hey Group:
Was reading a short summary on Socrates and just wondering - What is the
basis for the term "Hellenistic"?  Does it refer to the period of time of the
pre-Socatics through Aristotle?  Is it a "golden age" of Greece?  And what is
the root of the word?  I think a portion of the Greek empire was once known
as "Hellas", but I could be wrong...and are "Hellenic" and "Hellenistic"
interchangeable?  Put your thinking caps on...

Clarke